Remains

Question 1

What is the mnemonic?

Answer 1

HBHI

Question 2

“I ___ _______ _____ __ __ _____ ________ ___ ____”

Answer 2

“I see every round as it rips through his life”

Question 3

“I ___ _______ _____ __ __ _____ ________ ___ ____”, method

Answer 3

“I see every round as it rips through his life”

• the violent metaphor contrasts shockingly with the colloquial style of the first two stanzas
• the repetition of “I see” emphasises the visual horror of the scene

Question 4

“His ______-_______ ______ __ ___ ______”

Answer 4

“His bloody-shadow stays on the street”

Question 5

“His ______-_______ ______ __ ___ ______”, method

Answer 5

“His bloody-shadow stays on the street”

• a visual reminder of the death - it foreshadows the memories that are going to haut him
• “bloody” ?

Question 6

“But _ ______”

Answer 6

“But I blink”

Question 7

“But _ ______”, method

Answer 7

“But I blink”

• short sentence
• enjambment
• the stanza ending reflects the blinking - the enjambment carries you forwards, and the horror is still there when the next stanza starts

Question 8

“His ______ ____ __ __ ________ _____”

Answer 8

“His bloody life in my bloody hands”

Question 9

“His ______ ____ __ __ ________ _____”, method

Answer 9

“His bloody life in my bloody hands”

• “bloody hands” - reference to Macbeth when he with LM feels guilt after committing the regicide
• emphasises that soldier feels anxiety and
• double meaning to “bloody” -he’s talking about the man’s blood, but also swearing in anger

Question 10

Who wrote the poem?

Answer 10

Simon Armitage

Question 11

Who is the speaker?

Answer 11

Guardsman Trouman - soldier, tank machine gunner, first time he killed someone (enemy soldier), had PTSD

Question 12

HBHI

Answer 12

H= “His bloody-shadow stays on the street”
B = “But I blink”
H = “His bloody life in my bloody hands”
I = “I see every round as it rips through his life”

Question 13

Form

Answer 13

• Rhyme scheme
• first personal plural

Question 14

Structure

Answer 14

• begins as amusing anecdote turns to graphic description of a man’s death